Niemand lijkt pro-skater Tony Hawk in het echt te kunnen herkennen

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28 september, 2018
Door: Marloes van Wijnen

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Dit is Tony Hawk.

Hawk is een bekende skater. Een van de bekendste; er zijn zelfs skategames met zijn naam in de titel! Hij is misschien niet zo herkenbaar als Michael Jordan of Lionel Messi, maar hij is bekend genoeg om met zijn naam herkend te worden. Toch weten mensen de link nooit te leggen.

1. Vooral bij de douane hebben ze er moeite mee.

TSA agent (staring intently): I’m trying to figure out who you look like before checking your ID.
Me: ok
TSA: that cyclist Armstrong!
Nearby agent: that ain’t Lance Armstrong
Me: he’s right
TSA: oh you look like that skateboarder (checks ID). Same last name too! Crazy!
Me: crazy

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) August 21, 2018

To clarify: my legal name is Anthony

TSA agent checks my ID, looks at me, looks at ID, looks back at me quizzically and loudly says
"Tony Hawk's my favorite skater"
Me: I’ll tell him.

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) June 21, 2018

2. Zelfs met hints.

TSA agent (checking my ID): "Hawk, like that skateboarder Tony Hawk!"
Me: exactly
Her: "Cool, I wonder what he's up to these days"
Me: this

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) March 21, 2017

3. Ook elders op het vliegveld lijkt men moeite te hebben met het leggen van de link.

Woman at airport: "My husband told me you're an awesome something something. Are you?" Me: "Yes, in fact it's the title on my business card"

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 15, 2013

4. Ook in de lucht wordt het niet veel beter.

Woman on plane retrieving her luggage in the overhead:
"Who's skateboard is this? It's blocking my bag"
me: that's mine, you can pass it here
her: "It's yours? You ride it?
me: yes
her: "Are you any good at it?"
me: sometimes
her: cackles maniacally, exits plane

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) April 16, 2018

Woman on plane: "You look like Tony Hawk!" Me: Is that good? Her: "Well… he's that skateboard guy." <== insert response here, I had none.

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) August 7, 2010

5. Wederom ook niet met hints.

Flight attendant checking overhead bins, sees four skateboards
Him, jokingly: "is Tony Hawk on this flight or something?"
Looks down, sees me
Him: "I guess he is"
🛹🛹🛹🛹

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 13, 2018

6. Soms komen ze héél dichtbij het goede antwoord.

Guy at grocery store:
"you ever get mistaken for Tony Hawk… or are you Tony Hawk?
Me: both!

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 14, 2018

Ticket agent: "Anthony Frank Hawk, are you related to the skateboarder?" Yes, that's me. "Well he doesn't normally go by Anthony Frank."

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 22, 2010

7. Maar het blijft vaker bij gissen en gokken.

Woman at airport: "My husband told me you're an awesome something something. Are you?" Me: "Yes, in fact it's the title on my business card"

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 15, 2013

guy at restaurant: "you famous?"
me: I think that depends on who you ask
him: "anyone ever tell you that you look like Tom Brady?"
me: never

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) August 17, 2017

8. Ook als men hem wel herkent, blijft hij onherkenbaar.

guy on escalator: Hey are you Tony Hawk?
me: yes
him: you still skate?
me: yes, quite often
him: but you're not that recognizable!
me: I'm not sure what that means… but you recognized me, so here we are
him: [blank stare]
– escalator ends –

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) June 12, 2018

9. En wordt ‘ie toch herkend door de mensen, dan raken ze volledig in de war.

girl at restaurant: "Are you Tony Hawk?" me: "Yes." her: "Why?" I had no idea how to answer.

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) October 26, 2009

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